Episode 103: Getting Testy

Muppets Now
Air Date	August 14, 2020
Written by	Matthew Barnette, Marcos Gabriel, Jim Lewis, Jamilyn Rosales, Noah Smith, Joanna Truman, Andrew Williams, Kelly Younger
Director	Rufus Scot Church, Vito Massaro

"Getting Testy" is the third episode of Muppets Now.

Official description

“Joe, the new legal counsel for The Muppets, interrupts the scheduled delivery of Muppets Now to announce that all streaming content must be vetted by a focus group. Things go from bad to worse when Scooter meets up with the assigned test audience – curmudgeonly critics Statler and Waldorf.

The Swedish Chef collaborates with Chef Roy Choi as the two try to make a one-of-kind kalbi bowl. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant, Beaker, enlist a Pizza Delivery Person (Al Madrigal) to explore velocity. Miss Piggy and her guests, Linda Cardellini and Taye Diggs, dig deep into the workings of a healthy relationship. Pepe the King Prawn’s unbelievable game show features new contestants, new challenges, new rules, and no planning at all.”

Skit highlights

• Økėÿ Døkęÿ Køøkïñ: Roy Choi
• Muppet Labs Field Test: Velocity
• Lifesty(le) with Miss Piggy
• Pepe's Unbelievable Game Show

Muppets

Muppet Characters:

Scooter, Joe the Legal Weasel, Statler and Waldorf, Beverly Plume, The Swedish Chef, Cow, Kermit the Frog, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Miss Piggy, Uncle Deadly, Gonzo, Brie, Pepe the King Prawn, Big Mean Carl

Cast

Muppet Performers:

• Bill Barretta as Pepe the King Prawn, The Swedish Chef, Big Mean Carl
• Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf
• Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy
• Peter Linz as Joe the Legal Weasel, Statler
• David Rudman as Scooter, Beaker
• Matt Vogel as Kermit the Frog, Uncle Deadly

Additional Muppet Performers:

• Julianne Buescher as Beverly Plume, Brie
• Mike Quinn

Guest Stars:

• Linda Cardellini
• Roy Choi
• Taye Diggs
• Al Madrigal

Game Show Contestants:

• Daniel Montgomery
• Niko Posey

Gallery

Notes

• Folders on Scooter's desktop include a "Muppet Labs Blueprints," "Electric Mayhem Demos," and "Gonzo's Inadvisable Ideas."

• While Pepe makes up his own game show's rules as he goes anyway, contestant Daniel erroneously guesses the spelling of the word "ukulele" as "U-K-E-L-E-L-E," and gets rewarded a point for his incorrect answer. However, this is sometimes considered an alternate spelling.

• At one point, the chyron on Scooter's "Test-o-Tron" test audience app reads 54% ask: "Why are there so many songs about rainbows?", at another it reads "Janitors named Beauregard want to know when we're finished so he can clean up and go home."

• An animated Sam the Eagle appears as Isaac Newton, while an animated Dr. Teeth appears as Galileo, conveying the science of velocity.

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